Bedsa Cave 7: Mithuna Couples
貝德薩石窟密特那像
印度馬哈拉施特拉邦浦那
位於貝德薩石窟（Bedsa Caves）支提窟（caitya）門廊列柱及壁柱，為柱頭裝飾。密特那（Mithuna）以成對之男女形象呈現，體態勻稱自然，跨騎於蹲踞的象、馬、牛或獅背，由疊澀四層方板承托。方板下雕菴摩羅果，外有矩形框架，底部飾一圈細小聯珠紋，下接蓮苞形底座。
密特那騎乘造像為印度石窟常見的柱頭裝飾，除該窟外，卡爾拉石窟（Karla Caves）第8窟、納西克石窟（Nasik Caves）第3窟、坎赫里石窟（Kanheri Caves）第3窟等亦可見同類雕刻。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves A-E, page 129.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Bedsa Cave 7: Mithuna Couples." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves A-E, vol. 5, 2016, pp. 129.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Peter Johnson, Mankuang, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Bedsa Cave 7: Mithuna Couples" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves A-E, 5:129.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Johnson, P., Mankuang, Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Bedsa Cave 7: Mithuna Couples. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves A-E (Vol. 5, pp. 129).
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